Activities at Wood Grange Care Home
Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.
Ruby-Mae Walker
Hello, my name is Ruby-Mae and I am the activities Co-Ordinator here at Wood Grange.
My background is working in dance education and production as well as experience in the mental health care sector. I am extremely passionate about my role here in promoting life enrichment within the home and I feel privileged to work alongside such amazing people, and to be a part of our residents lives, spending quality time with them on a regular basis. I work alongside Louise to plan and organise daily activities to suit our resident’s needs, Louise and I are very enthusiastic about our roles and the resident’s well-being is always at the forefront of our minds.
I love to dance, keep fit by going to the gym and spending time with family.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Wood Grange Care Home
Easter Baking
Our residents did a great job at baking this very chocolatey Easter cake which was entered in the Barchester Easter cake competition. We shared it out to everyone else in the home.
Easter
Our residents had a lovely day visiting The Cedars care home for some Easter fun. Our residents thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and it was great to meet our neighbours.
Nutrition and Hydration week
Wood Grange residents had great fun in Nutrition and Hydration week this month. One of our residents who worked as a cook led an activity making yummy fruit salads which they enjoyed for an afternoon snack. Then we did some creative printing using the leftover fruit the following day.
Special Celebrations!
Although we had fun on St Patrick's day we were also celebrated a very special day for one of our resident's, Joseph. We celebrated 18 YEARS! since Joseph had his heart transplant, he is breaking all records.
Let's give poetry a go!
This month at Wood Grange we enjoyed learning about Poetry and had great fun with the Oomph let's give poetry a go! Two of our residents, Sheila and Ruth had a go at writing their very own short Sonnet for you to enjoy;
Today is Monday with spring in the air,
Sitting together enjoying our tea at the Wood Grange cafe,
After a night spent at the fun fair,
Sheila decided she would prefer a latte.
Flower Arranging
To celebrate International Flower Day, we spent the morning flower arranging and creating our own beautiful bouquets of flowers to display in the home. It was lots of fun and some of our residents definitely have an eye for flower arranging!
Upcoming events
Memory Cafe
Join us at our 'Memory Cafe' and meet our highly trained dementia staff who will be on hand to answer any questions you may have or just to have a chat.
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
Looking for a place or venue to hold a meeting? For more information on what we have to offer please get in touch.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
If you would like to become a volunteer or more information on volunteering, we'd love to hear from you.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Come and take a break on us! Calling all emergency services personnel, district nurses, enjoy a warming drink and slice of cake on your break.
Dementia Support Group
Helping loved ones to connect - 3rd Thursday of the month from 1.15 pm. All welcome.
Gentlemen's Club
Come along and make new friends over a game of dominoes, games and enjoy a drink or two.
Knit and Natter
Are you a knitter? We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our weekly knit & natter group - Every Thursday from 2.00 pm.
